Straight man of steel

Chapter 130 Public Sacrifice
The public altar that Zhang Yuan asked Zhang Lu to build was actually a wooden shelf for placing these wooden boxes, but there were too many dead people, so the wooden shelf was made correspondingly much taller, and the quality must pass the test. It is disrespect to the dead, and it will definitely have a counterproductive effect at that time.

Sima Xiangru even started to write a tribute for this public sacrifice, and he didn't even come out of the city to meet Zhang Yuan and his party.

The scene of public sacrifices for thousands of people combined with his poem, the effect of fame is much higher than the previous "Yuba Shu Calligraphy". After all, there are too many illiterate people in this era. Sima Xiangru wrote the letter The main purpose is to show Liu Che.

But this time, not only can Liu Che see it, but it can also be heard by tens of thousands of people.

For this reason, Zhang Yuan also made a big iron horn for Sima Xiangru, as a reward for Sima Xiangru's help this time.

A public sacrifice is complete only when accompanied by a sacrificial oration.

In three days, apart from helping Sima Xiangru make a loudspeaker, Zhang Yuan spent the rest of the time supervising the construction of the public altar. Originally, Zhang Lu was going to arrange for the civilians to return to their hometowns, but they learned about the public altar. , determined to stay here for a few more days.

A few days of food consumption made Zhang Lu's heart drop.

Seeing that Zhang Lu was pitiful, Zhang Yuan took him to Huang's warehouse in Jiangzhou City, and took away the whole warehouse's grain with a talisman in his hand.

In this incident, Liu Che, Tang Meng and a group of officials in Bashu backed their names. The common people bore the pain of losing their loved ones. Only the Huang family took the biggest advantage by hiding behind their backs. Zhang Yuan did this to show Liu Che .

Each party has to pay some price to be able to balance it. It is unreasonable for others to suffer. You Huang have been making money.

"Honorable Envoy, the public altar has been set up, and all the wooden boxes belonging to the people of Berkshire have been placed on the altar. The sacrificial offerings and witches are also ready."

Zhang Yuan looked at the sky and said with a dark sigh.

"It's time to find a way back for these souls."

The next day, all the officials washed themselves clean, burned incense and had an empty stomach. Sima Xiangru even put on a long black robe, and Zhang Yuan handed over the talisman to him today.

For the etiquette of the big man, anyone present knows much more than Zhang Yuan.

As the sky gradually brightened, Sima Xiangru held a talisman in one hand and a trumpet in the other, looking very strange, but no one dared to speak out.

"The sacrifices of husbands, sages and kings are also: if the law is applied to the people, they will be worshiped; if they die and work hard, they will be worshiped; if they work to fix the country, they will be worshiped;

In the ninth month of Bingwu and Dinghai, I will be demoted to perform ceremonies, weeping blood and wrapping my heart, remembering the wounds of the dead, and mourning for the widows and widows of women and children."

Sima Xiangru jumped up and down on the high platform and read a lot of words that Zhang Yuan couldn't understand, and then came out a great dancer, who sang and danced there, and all the etiquette and procedures in the middle were all gone. After walking, the kneeling person started to cry.

Zhang Yuan looked at the piles of wooden boxes and sincerely shed a few tears for these dead people.

When the sun was about to set, the whole public sacrifice was finally over.

I have to say that the effect of doing this is very good. In front of a group of people who believe in ghosts and gods, they have confirmed their beliefs and given their deceased relatives a spiritual destination.

The living should also strive for self-improvement, and the dead also need to rest in peace.

Zhang Yuan has no way of knowing the situation of Shu County and Guanghan County, but it seems that Berkshire has almost dealt with it.

In fact, the sacrifice on this day was very unruly, Zhang Yuan thought about it and still did it.It is more important than anything else to make the living feel that the dead are meaningful.

The ancients were actually indifferent to death. If necessary, many people could choose to end their lives by themselves.

Now if Liu Che is captured by the Huns, and the military officials of the Huns let all the officials of the Han Dynasty commit suicide in exchange for Liu Che's life, Zhang Yuan estimates that 80.00% of them will choose to commit suicide.

Otherwise, in the Three Kingdoms period, decades after the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were still people who were grateful for the kindness of the Han Dynasty and were willing to die for the great Han Dynasty.

"Pedestrian order, when are we going to go to Yelang Kingdom as an envoy?"

Huo Zhong didn't know whose urging they came to inquire about Zhang Yuan's mission to Yelang in such a winter day.

Zhang Yuan smiled. If he does not set off from Jiangzhou, Tang Meng will not be able to put pressure on the Yelang Kingdom for a day. The road construction and mining will have to be delayed. The iron mines of the big man are enough for Liu Che to use the weapons of his troops. All of them were replaced with carbon steel, and only the members of the Huang clan were anxious.

Buying iron ore from Zhuo's hands is definitely more profitable than digging it yourself.

Doing business with the royal family has always been an extra figure, Liu Che doesn't care about your profit.

When he set a figure, even if you are losing money, you have to get things done. As for how money circulates and grows, these emperors haven't figured out what's going on.

"The new year is coming soon, everyone relax and have a good year, and we will arrange the missions after the new year."

Huo Zhong's face was a little ugly, but he still made a promise and retreated.

Li Jian was also in the room at this moment. Seeing Huo Zhong like this, he asked Zhang Yuan with a worried face.

"A Yuan, I'm afraid this will make the people above unhappy."

Zhang Yuan took a sip of strong tea, smiled and said.

"Brother Li, haven't you understood yet? Everyone knows what happened, but I was the only one who was kept in the dark.

That's pretty good, the so-called ignorance is innocent, since no one wants to tell me these things, then I will pretend not to know.

If you think about it, I don't know anything. Even if the pressure goes down layer by layer, it won't fall on my shoulders. "

Zhang Yuan is very relaxed now. Judging from the daily increase in the number of tasks, Liu Che's demand for steel is getting bigger and bigger.

The longer Zhang Yuan delays, the greater Huang's losses will be. The winter in the southwest is terribly cold in some places, but in other places it is like spring. Zhang Yuan has no way of knowing what the environment of the iron mine is like.

The only thing that is certain is that when Huang's greed can't be suppressed, they will go to the heads of the tribes in Yelang Kingdom and ask them to allow them to recruit local people.

If Mrs. Huang set a precedent for this kind of thing, when Zhang Yuan went to Yelang as an envoy, the voices of opposition would be much smaller. If things go well, the mission can be ended as soon as possible.

"Ayuan, you should think about it longer. If those members of the Huang clan know that you have such serious intentions, they will definitely grit their teeth in anger."

"Hahaha."

It must be a very happy thing to deflate the bad guys.

(End of this chapter)